The phrase "a perceived association" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how individuals or groups interpret or understand a connection between two or more things, often based on subjective views rather than objective evidence.
Example: "The study revealed a perceived association between social media usage and increased anxiety among teenagers."
Alternatives: "an assumed connection" or "a recognized link".
In China, on the other hand, French wines have benefited from a perceived association with luxury and status.
Further probing revealed a perceived association between this change in government attitudes towards veterinary service provision and the democratic rule that took over from the military in 1999.
Increased publicity about BSE, CWD, and human TSEs may have led to changes in diagnostic practices or case recognition, particularly in CWD-endemic areas due to a perceived association of CWD with human disease.
The risk for outbreaks is often presumed to be very high in the chaos that follows natural disasters, a fear likely derived from a perceived association between dead bodies and epidemics.
Extrapolation of results from a single RCT to form conclusions beyond the controlled conditions of the RCT, perhaps to refute an association observed in one or more observational studies, may not give the truest picture of the biology underlying a perceived association.
Says the suit: "The use of the infringing quote and of William Faulkner's name in the infringing film is likely to cause confusion, to cause mistake, and/or to deceive the infringing film's viewers as to a perceived affiliation, connection or association between William Faulkner and his works, on the one hand, and Sony, on the other hand".
The lawsuit claims: "The use of the infringing quote and of William Faulkner's name in the infringing film is likely to cause confusion, to cause mistake, and/or to deceive the infringing film's viewers as to a perceived affiliation, connection or association between William Faulkner and his works, on the one hand, and Sony, on the other hand".
But if you were to ask most people with serious mental illness if they think it is accurate to depict them as jailbirds, they would tell you that what they seek is a world without stigma, a world where they don't have to fear losing their jobs or their lovers because of any perceived association with criminals.
Documentaries like Inside Job, narrated by Matt Damon in 2010, exposed the greed and corruption of the banking industry, resulting in perhaps a new problem for big business: how to use celebrity influence to increase company revenue while distancing the star from potential backfire by any perceived association.
The words used to refer to hepatitis in the languages of the target communities directly translated to mean 'jaundice' or 'yellow' , which was a source of confusion and appeared to engender a strong perceived association between hepatitis B/C and visible jaundice.
Students reported a negative perceived association between religion and morality, spirituality and human dignity.
